A High Court challenge taken by Leitrim County Council against the owners of the Abbey Manor Hotel in Dromahair is set to continue this morning.
Proceedings began yesterday, where the local authority allege that the owners, Dromapop Limited intended to change the use of the facility from a “specific form of tourist accommodation” to temporary use for asylum seekers and has carried out unauthorised works in preparation for this change.
The council argues planning permission granted for the premises was based on commercial tourism use, where specific tourism-related policies were cited.
Last November, a large group of Dromahair locals held protests in the village over concerns that asylum seekers were to be accommodated at the hotel.
